Holy Week in Seville
Religious festival in Seville, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Holy Week in Seville (In Spanish: Semana Santa de Sevilla) is one of two biggest annual festivals in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, the other being the Feria de Abril (April Fair), which follows two weeks later. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week among Christians), and features the procession of pasos, floats of lifelike wooden sculptures of individual scenes of sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, or images of the grieving Virgin Mary.
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Holy Week in Seville | |
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Official name | Semana Santa de Sevilla |
Observed by | Seville, Spain |
Type | Religious, Historical, Cultural |
Significance | Commemoration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus |
Celebrations | Processions |
Begins | Palm Sunday |
Ends | Easter Sunday |
2023 date | April 2 – April 9 |
2024 date | March 24 – March 31 |
2025 date | April 13 – April 20 |
2026 date | March 29 – April 5 |
Frequency | Annual |
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Some of the sculptures are of great antiquity, considered artistic masterpieces, and hold cultural and spiritual significance for the local Catholic population.